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Rackwick Youth Hostel

Description: Hoy, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3NJ Tel: (01856) 873535

Newest Review: ... Backwards. Because several weeks previously, the skipper/captain/madman (sorry, I’ve still not got to grips with these nautical terms) had rammed the pier and b*ggered one end of the ship/boat/craft. And Orkney Islands Council didn’t have the money to do the repairs. So this Ro-Ro ferry was now a Back-On-and-Ro-Off ferry. And the punters could only get on one end. Which ... more

... meant the ferry had to do a three point turn and “reverse” – another nautical term – into the pier at Orphir. Much to the amusement of humans, seals, auks, shags, otters, cormorants, kittiwakes, and even scallops. Watching the p...more

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Rackwick Youth Hostel: A-Hoy There! (1537 words)
by - written on 30/12/01 (Very useful, 238 readings)
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One of the most memorable episodes of my past life was a three-week-spell on the island of Hoy. Not as a tourist, I must add, and not even in the tourist season. No, I spent a miserable (not really!) 3 weeks in Rackwick Hostel, in a wild, wet, windy November. Working. Yes, working. Far out of my home territory, but through a friend of a friend, two of us ended up erecting a mere two miles of stock-fencing for a conservation project, and working to a very strict deadline, on the island of Hoy.. In the interests of economy and profit, I had to find cost-effective accommodation. Rackwick Hostel is only ... Read the complete review

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